Peculium

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A special fund for private and personal uses.

II. Peculium ·noun The saving of a son or a slave with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own; any exclusive personal or separate property.

Related Words

peculium
pĕcūlĭum, ii, n. [pecus], lit., property in cattle; hence, as in early times all property consisted ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
peculium
pecūlium ī, n pecu, property : cupiditas peculi: cura peculi, i. e. anxiety for gain , H.— Priva...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary